asthma dabigatran etexilate airway inflammation blood coagulation
Conditions
Interventions
Patients will be randomized to receive either 220mg of dabigatran etexilate or placebo control for 12 weeks.
Sponsors
Academic Medical Centre, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Age ≥ 18 years; 2. Non-smoking patients, or patients who stopped smoking more than 12 months ago and smoked 10 pack years or less; 3. Able to give written and dated informed consent prior to any study-specific procedures; 4. All patients have previous evidence of variable airways obstruction within the last 5 yrs, as documented by at least one of the following: A. Reversibility in forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) of ≥9% predicted after 4 puffs of a 100 µg salbutamol dose-aerosol, administered via a spacer; B. A mean diurnal variation in peak expiratory flow (PEF) ≥15% (highest PEF‐lowest PEF) per mean PEF on ≥4 days per week for a minimum of 2 weeks; C. An increase in FEV1 of ≥400 mL after a course of prednisolone 0.5 mg•kg−1•day−1 for 14 days; D. A provocative concentration causing a 20% fall in FEV1 with histamine or methacholine <8 mg/mL. 5. On stable doses of oral and inhaled corticosteroids during the previous 4 weeks and during the study; 6. No other clinically significant abnormality on history and clinical examination; 7. Severe asthma according to the criteria of the International Consensus of the Innovative Medicine Initiative (IMI); 8. High- and ultrahigh dose of ICS (Fluticasone ≥1000 μg/day or equivalent drug) with continuous use of oral corticosteroids (≥5 mg/day); 9. Sputum eosinophil count ≥2 % of the total cell count.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Women who are pregnant or lactating or who have a positive urine pregnancy test at screening; 2. Ongoing use of tobacco products of any kind or previous usage with a total pack year ≥ 10 years; 3. Use of omalizumab during the last 6 months before randomization; 4. Use of heparin, LMWH, NSAID or vitamin K antagonists; 5. Any bleeding diathesis; 6. History of acute intracranial disease or haemorrhagic stroke; 7. Major surgery, trauma, uncontrolled hypertension, or myocardial infarction in the past 3 months; 8. Gastrointestinal or urogenital bleeding, or ulcer disease in the past 6 months; 9. Severe liver disease; 10. Alanine or aspartate aminotransferase concentrations greater than two times the upper limit of the normal range in the past month; 11. Severe renal insuffi ciency (creatinine clearance less than 30 mL/min); 12. Active malignant disease; 13. Participation in any clinical investigational drug treatment protocol within the preceding 30 days; 14. Unwillingness or inability to coply with the study protocol for any other reason.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Primary end point will be: The change in sputum eosinophilia between baseline and after 12 weeks use of dabigatran etexilate. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary endpoints will be: 1. Changes in markers of hemostasis and inflammation in blood, induced sputum and exhaled breath; 2. Changes in spirometry and asthma control questionaire (ACQ). | — |
Contacts
Public ContactC.J. Majoor
Academic Medical Centre Dept. of Respiratory Medicine (F5-144) Meibergdreef 9
Outcome results
None listed